ILTA Celebrates Outstanding Achievements with 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards.

On Tuesday, 29 April, ILTA honoured the nominees of the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards in Myrtle Beach, SC at the Myrtle Beach Grand Dunes Resort in a formal dinner and live simulcast.

“The DPA awards ceremony was a fitting conclusion to our celebration of April Volunteer Month,” shared Joy Heath Rush, CEO of ILTA. “Our volunteers are the heartbeat of our organization—they inspire ideas, drive innovation, solve challenges, and shape the future.”

ILTA launched the Distinguished Peer Award programming in 2010 honouring those the achievements of those who leverage the strategic advantages of technology in the legal profession.

This year’s winners are as follows:

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Young Professionals to Watch List (10 honourees): 

  1. Eric Helal – Practice Services Analyst, Dykema Gossett PLLC
  2. Jaclyn Sattler – Strategy & Business Operations Relativity
  3. Jaclyn Walkins – KM Enablement Manager, Sidley Austin LLP
  4. Jordan Galvin – AI and Data Governance Senior Manager, Holland & Knight LLP
  5. Kaden Smith – Sales Manager, NetDocuments
  1. Kyle Poe – Legal Solutions Director, NetDocuments
  2. Mailise Johnson – Marketing Technologist, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
  3. Marta McVicar – Legal Technology Consultant, Harper Macleod LLP
  4. Marta Sarvas – CEO & Founder, Clear Trade LLC
  5. Raenesia Jones – Cybersecurity Analyst II, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  6. Suresh Annamalai – Senior Manager of Digital Innovation, Proskauer Rose LLP

For over three decades, ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) has provided peer-networking and information resources [...]